CVR: Fresh registrations hit over 10 million, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) hit 10,487,972 as at 7:00 a.m. on Monday, June 27.
The commission in its CVR weekly update, released in Abuja on Monday, also disclosed that 8,631,696 registrants had completed their registrations.
It disclosed that 3,250,449 of the registrants completed the process online, while 5,381,247 did through physical registration.
The gender breakdown of the registrants who had completed their registration comprised 4,292,690 male and 4,339,006 female, with the gender category showing that 6,081,456 of the figures were youth, while 67,171 were Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).
The update also revealed that INEC had received a total of 23,560,043 applications including those applying for voter transfer, requests for replacement of PVCs and update of voter information records.
The breakdown also indicated that 12,317,963 of the applications were from male, 11,242,080 were from females, and 187,904 applications were received from PWDs.
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